http://heblogssheblogs.com Taking blogs from potential to influential Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:09:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Friends, A quick note to let you know He Blogs, She Blogs has changed its name to Blogging Bistro, LLC. The new Web site is www.bloggingbistro.com. Have no fear! If you’re a subscriber to Bright Ideas Blogzine, your subscription won’t be affected; you’ll continue receiving your monthly e-zine without a hitch. If you ... http://heblogssheblogs.com/he-blogs-she-blogs-is-now-blogging-bistro/ Enjoy these bloopers from book manuscripts I've edited: The buzzard sounded and the basketball game commenced. If the game gets out of hand, the buzzard can referee, too! Standing at her kitchen sink, Lisa's idle hands rested in the warm sudsy water. Those hands just can't decide whether to stand or sit. Scott noticed ... http://heblogssheblogs.com/writing-bloopers/ In yesterday's post, I presented a case study about how bloggy giveaways reap fantastic benefits for the giver and the receiver. I'm a strong believer in the barter system, and over the years, I've benefited by trading my professional services for goods and services I needed, but couldn't afford. I've literally "worked ... http://heblogssheblogs.com/services-for-services-the-power-of-bartering/ 'Fess up. You like getting free stuff, don't you? Me too. In fact, I have yet to meet someone who doesn't like getting freebies. That's why, in our blogging partnerships with trade show and event producers, we encourage our clients to give away several tickets to the event in exchange for guest ... http://heblogssheblogs.com/generate-interest-in-your-event-through-guest-blog-posts/ I was helping an author revise the bio that would appear on his book's back cover. Here's the copy he sent me: I have been a widower since 1978, when my wife pasted away from cancer, we had 11 children of which 3 have past away. We'll ignore the run-on and jump ... http://heblogssheblogs.com/putrid-prose-passed-vs-past/ If you’ve never attended a writers’ conference (or even if you have), you’ll want to check out a terrific resource. The Florida Christian Writers’ Conference blog (which we manage) serves up tips & advice from a variety of editors, agents, and freelance writers. Here are links to this week’s articles: Quotable Quote: ... http://heblogssheblogs.com/thinking-of-attending-a-writers-conference/ When Antoine's father has a stroke, Antoine - the prodigal son - reluctantly returns from life in the city to his rural French village and takes over the family store. None-too-happy to be time-warped to the past from which he'd tried to escape, the surly Antoine drives his father's grocery van ... http://heblogssheblogs.com/8-customer-service-lessons-from-%e2%80%98the-grocers-son/ When Starbucks passed out pink slips to 100 workers Friday, they called in the big guns (aka, company spokeswoman Anna Kim-Williams) to deliver the bad news. The spokeswoman's prepared statement said: "Some of these partners are being offered opportunity for redeployment and others will be separated from the company." Partners? Redeployment? Separated? Talk about a decaf ... http://heblogssheblogs.com/take-the-starbucks-layoff-notice-challenge-win-a-free-blogging-book/ We're pleased to announce that we launched a blog for the Florida Christian Writers' Conference today. Held at the Lake Yale Conference Center near Orlando, the four-day conference  is one of the premier writers' conferences in the U.S. More than 40 publishers and publications are represented, plus 34 freelance writers and ... http://heblogssheblogs.com/florida-christian-writers-conference-launches-blog/ And I so desperately hoped Mr. Ed would be reading these, or Stewart Little, or one of Dr. Doolittle's buds! I realize they're trying to promote a benefit, that their books aren't computer read, but does everyone know about computer reading software? Probably not. And why not turn a feature into a ... http://heblogssheblogs.com/selling-features-benefits/